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"Well, since the lord wants to keep him, then let him stay. But since he is a surrendered general, we must make good use of his identity as a surrendered general."

When Gu Rubing saw Zhuge Liang give in, he breathed a sigh of relief and nodded quickly.

"My lord, we have taken Jianmen Pass, but we still need to solve the last hidden danger, which is Yinping Trail. Send Zhong Hui to Yinping Trail to meet Jiang Wei and help us. I want to see if Zhong Hui really wants to surrender to us."

Upon hearing this, Gu Rubing looked at Zhuge Liang and smiled helplessly.

This is pushing Zhong Hui to his death.

Gu Rubing sighed helplessly, but since Zhuge Liang said so, what else could he do?

Not long after, Gu Rubing called Zhong Hui back.

When Zhong Hui heard that he was asked to take two hundred personal guards and pretend to be a defeated person and return to Jiang Wei, his scalp was about to explode.

"Are you kidding? You just got promoted, and now you want to die?"

You know, the idea of ​​pretending to be a deserter was something I came up with myself.

Although he was unwilling in his heart, seeing that Gu Rubing and Zhuge Liang were staring at him, Zhong Hui knew that he had to go even if he didn't want to.

"Subordinates take orders."

Watching Zhong Hui leave, Gu Rubing could only mourn in silence and hope that Zhong Hui could come back alive.

At this time, Jiang Wei had already received the news that Jianmen Pass had fallen. He also received an order from Cao Ren to defend the Yinping Road at all costs, and also the matter of Zhong Hui's surrender to the enemy.

"General, there is a group of people outside, saying they escaped from Jianmen Pass."

"They took it out from Jianmen Pass? Why are they coming to my place instead of going to Annan City?"

Jiang Wei suddenly felt that something was wrong.

He immediately ordered his men to bring the deserters in.

When Jiang Wei saw that the leader was Zhong Hui, his expression suddenly changed.

"Traitor, how dare you come back?"

As Jiang Wei waved his hand, all the soldiers around him drew their swords and surrounded Zhong Hui and the others.

"Zhong Hui, the King of Wei treated you well, but you betrayed him. Do you think I should kill you?"

Hearing this, Zhong Hui looked at Jiang Wei with resentment in his eyes.

"Not unfair? I shed blood and risked my life for the King of Wei and saved his army several times, and what happened in the end? You showed up once and made a move, and you performed a meritorious service once, and you hold the same official position as me. You say it's fair? If it were you, what would you think?"

Hearing this, Jiang Wei sighed.

He had heard about Zhong Hui's affairs a long time ago, and he once felt that Cao Cao was too harsh on Zhong Hui.

If it were me, I wouldn't rebel, but I definitely wouldn't be very loyal.

"Forget it, go ahead. Today I will pretend that I have never met you, but next time we meet, don't blame me for being ruthless. You can go, but the people around you cannot leave. I need to leave some people behind to report to the King of Wei."

Zhong Hui stood up, looked at Jiang Wei, snorted coldly, and turned away.

The guards watched their general leave, leaving despair in their eyes.

After Zhong Hui left, Jiang Wei waved his hand and killed all the guards brought by Zhong Hui. He wrapped their heads and sent them to Chengdu.

Zhuge Liang did not expect that Jiang Wei would actually release Zhong Hui.

He originally hoped that Jiang Wei would kill Zhong Hui, but the fact that Jiang Wei let him go made Zhuge Liang appreciate Jiang Wei to a certain extent.

Gu Rubing was relieved to see Zhong Hui return safely. He always felt that Zhong Hui could be used and could be of great use. However, Zhuge Liang always had some hostility towards Zhong Hui.

Zhong Hui in the novel does not have a good reputation, but this does not prevent Zhong Hui from being a talented person, and he has everything he wants.

"My lord, that Jiang Wei is arrogant and doesn't take you seriously. Please give me 50,000 elite soldiers and I will capture him and present him to you."

"Shut up. Jiang Wei's willingness to release you is proof of his generosity. Yet you are still slandering him. I think you are the one who should be killed, not Jiang Wei."

Seeing that it was Zhuge Liang who was speaking, Zhong Hui tactfully shut up.

"Alright, stop arguing. We must take down Jiang Wei, and we must get the Yinping Trail. Prime Minister, do you have any ideas?"

"My Lord, this is actually very simple."

After saying this, Zhuge Liang took out the map.

"My lord, please look, there are several county towns on this Yinping trail, but for safety, Jiang Wei is not stationed in the county town, but on the mountain road. Although this is easy to defend and difficult to attack, this is also our opportunity. As long as we block the front and back and cut off their food supply, Jiang Wei will definitely come out within half a month. We only need to stop him then."

Gu Rubing's eyes lit up.

Yes, why didn't he think of it? Deng Ai was forced to show up three times to grab food and grass because he had no logistical supplies. After being discovered, the plan failed.

Jiang Wei should be in the same situation now.

"Send an order. Deng Ai and Zhong Hui, each lead 30,000 troops to block the entrance and exit of the Yinping trail. Wei Yan will lead 20,000 troops to clean up the surrounding area and attack the grain transporters. Make sure Jiang Wei's grain supply is cut off."

"Yes!"

However, just as they were about to leave, Zhuge Liang called Wei Yan to his side and whispered a few words in Wei Yan's ear.

Wei Yan nodded, then turned and left with the two men.

"Prime Minister, what did you say to Wen Chang?"

"Nothing, just let Wen Chang keep an eye on Zhong Hui and save Jiang Wei's life."

Gu Rubing smiled when he heard this.

"My Lord, it's time for us to start our work. We don't need to worry about food now, so we need to recruit soldiers."

After the wars in the past few years, Gu Rubing knew that his military forces had been exhausted. If it were not for the Anluo Empire, he would have enough troops. But now that he had the Anluo Empire, its territory was no less than that of the Han Dynasty. As for its population, although not as large as that of the Han Dynasty, it was still more than half of that of the Han Dynasty. With the addition of this group of fresh forces, Gu Rubing's military forces were seriously insufficient.

"Okay, let's send out the announcement."

Soon, the conscription notice was issued throughout the Han Dynasty.

This also made Cao Cao, Liu Zhang and even Sun Jian have some thoughts.

As long as they take advantage of this opportunity to place their own spies in, Gu Rubing will definitely not be able to investigate.

Gu Rubing had made sufficient preparations for this conscription, even to the point of investigating the family background of every single person. However, the number of people was too large, so even the investigators were unable to investigate it completely, resulting in quite a few spies sneaking into the recruits.

In a government office in Jizhou, a group of people who want to participate in the conscription are queuing up.

A man in tattered clothes and covered in blood entered the crowd.

A centurion in charge of maintaining order saw the man's appearance and immediately stepped forward.

"who are you?"

"My name is Guo Huai, courtesy name is Boji, and I am from the Guo family in Quyang."

"Quyang Guo family? Then what's with the blood stain on your body?"

"I met a group of bandits on the way and killed them."

"Bandits? Could it be that they had no money for travel expenses and killed a few passers-by?"

Guo Huai frowned slightly when he heard this. He could sense that the centurion was dissatisfied with him. "Please speak politely. I don't like others talking to me like this."

The centurion felt that his position was challenged, so he swung the whip in his hand at Guo Huai.

However, Guo Huai caught the long whip in mid-air and swung it hard. The centurion wielding the long whip was pulled in front of Guo Huai and kicked out.

"Humph, you guys are short-sighted. With you around, King Lie won't be able to accomplish his great cause."

After saying that, Guo Huai turned and left.

By the time the soldiers who heard the noise rushed over, Guo Huai had already disappeared.

No one reported this situation to Gu Rubing. After all, this kind of thing often happened during conscription. Some people relied on their own strength to bully others. If even such a small matter had to be reported to Gu Rubing, King Lie would be very busy.

But it was precisely because of this failure to report that Gu Rubing gained another powerful enemy.

half a month later.

Yinping Trail.

"General, we have completely run out of food and fodder. The food and fodder from Anyang has not arrived yet. We can't hold on any longer."

Jiang Wei had thought that the enemy would use many methods to attack him and had made sufficient preparations, but he did not expect that the enemy would actually use the method of cutting off food supply.

Looking at the Yinping Trail on the map and then looking at the hungry soldiers in front of him, Jiang Wei finally decided to retreat and break out.

The direction in which Jiang Wei broke through was exactly the direction where Zhong Hui was.

Zhong Hui's strength is weaker than Deng Ai's. Besides, Zhong Hui came from Cao Cao's side, so he should have some sympathy for his former colleagues.

But Jiang Wei didn't expect that Zhong Hui not only had no so-called compassion, but also had a desire to kill him.
Those soldiers who had successfully broken through would also be chased and killed by Zhong Hui.

"Zhong Hui, I will fight you."

Zhong Hui and Jiang Wei, both first-rate generals, fought to a draw for a while, but Jiang Wei's strength had reached that of a quasi-famous general. After a long time, Zhong Hui could no longer hold on and gradually fell behind.

Just when Zhong Hui was about to be unable to hold on, Wei Yan rushed out from the side.

With Wei Yan's joining, Jiang Wei began to suffer some injuries.

Soon, most of the Wei army broke out, and only a small part stayed here, trying to help Jiang Wei escape.

However, Jiang Wei was entangled by the two and could not leave for a long time.

Until the last Wei soldier was killed in battle, Jiang Wei was distracted by the screams.

Wei Yan seized the opportunity and kicked Jiang Wei away.

After Jiang Wei fell to the ground, Zhong Hui immediately wanted to step forward and kill Jiang Wei.

However, just as the knife in his hand was about to fall, the White Tiger Sun-Devouring Knife suddenly appeared and knocked Zhong Hui's knife away.

"General Wei Yan, what are you doing?"

Seeing Wei Yan stopping him, Zhong Hui became furious.

This was a great opportunity for him to get credit, but it was blocked by Wei Yan.

"The Prime Minister said that he must be brought alive."

Wei Yan glared at Zhong Hui, grabbed Jiang Wei and dragged him away.

"Prime Minister, it's Prime Minister again, Zhuge Liang, if you dare to block my way, don't blame me."

If Gu Rubing knew that Zhong Hui actually wanted to attack Zhuge Liang, he would probably kill Zhong Hui without mercy.

Soon, Wei Yan left Zhong Hui to clean up the battlefield, while he took Jiang Wei to Jianmen Pass.

"My Lord, Prime Minister, I have brought the person back. This Zhong Hui is really not a good person. As expected, the Prime Minister guessed it right. He really wanted to kill Jiang Wei, but I stopped him."

Upon hearing this, Zhuge Liang burst out laughing.

Although Zhong Hui was not a good person, fortunately he could still control what he did and it was still under his control.

When Jiang Wei saw Zhuge Liang and Gu Rubing in front of him, he did not scold them like others did, but stood up and saluted them respectfully.

"Jiang Wei, I greet the King of Han and the Prime Minister of Han."

Gu Rubing looked at Jiang Wei. This was the person who had made him and Taishi Ci lose face at that time, and he was also known as the number one person after Zhuge Liang.

"Jiang Wei, will you surrender to me?"

"In reply to King Lie, I will not surrender."

Jiang Wei's words were very decisive, without a trace of hesitation, and there was even a hint of determination in his tone.

Just when Gu Rubing was considering what to do, Zhuge Liang stepped forward.

"Since General Bo Yue won't surrender, let's go."

"Hmm? Prime Minister, are you willing to let me go?"

"Of course, I believe that General Bo Yue will agree to surrender to us sooner or later."

Jiang Wei looked at Zhuge Liang, but still didn't believe that he would really let him go.

"Yes, General Boyo, let's go."

When he saw Gu Rubing speaking, Jiang Wei was sure that he could really leave.

"Thank you!"

Wei Yan became anxious when he saw that Jiang Wei, whom he had captured with great difficulty, was released just like that.

"My lord, Prime Minister, we captured him with great difficulty, but now he is released just like that. Isn't it all in vain?"

Hearing this, the two looked at each other and laughed.

"Wen Chang, you don't have to worry about this matter. Don't worry, the credit will be remembered by you. You will not be left out. When Shi Ji comes back, let him come to see me."

Gu Rubing had not expected that Zhong Hui would actually kill his former colleague. Even Gu Rubing found it scary that he was so heartless and ruthless in pursuit of profit.

He even doubted whether he could control Zhong Hui.

Not long after, Zhong Hui walked in.

"My Lord, Prime Minister, I heard that you released Jiang Wei? Why? We finally caught someone, and you just let him go like that?"

"We need to report to you about what we do?"

Zhuge Liang looked at Zhong Hui with a gloomy expression.

Zhong Hui was also frightened by this look and quickly shut his mouth.

Gu Rubing looked at Zhong Hui.

"Shi Ji, remember, everything you have is given to you by me. Since I can give it to you, I can naturally take it back. If a person only cares about profit, I will kill him sooner or later. Do you understand what I mean?"

Hearing this, Zhong Hui's eyes were filled with horror.

He did sense murderous intent from Gu Rubing's words. (End of this chapter)